Recaps

The Princess Consort asked Fang Yang to leave because she was ill, giving him a chance to rest after days of exhausting cultivation. Back at the Demon Venerable Pavilion, Fang Yang wondered about the maid he had never seen before, while a black-robed man ordered a young spy to investigate whether the Demon Venerable was injured.

• The Princess Consort sent Ling'er to tell Fang Yang she was ill and ask him to leave.
• Fang Yang was relieved, promised to send medicinal ingredients and restorative tonics, and departed.
• Fang Yang returned to the Demon Venerable Pavilion and wondered where Ling'er had been during his earlier visits.
• A black-robed man pressured a young man to investigate whether the Demon Venerable had suffered cultivation deviation and been gravely injured.

A Demon Cult Outer Disciple resolved to obey the Black-Robed Man and probe Fang Yang, while Fang Yang used the Profound Heaven Strategy to create an impressive display that concealed his weak attack. Fang Yang then began spending his Matchmaking Points on draws, losing repeatedly as the chapter ended.

• The Black-Robed Man ordered the young Outer Disciple to probe the Demon Venerable, and the young man chose to act rather than face death.
• Fang Yang displayed thunder and lightning with the Profound Heaven Strategy, but his palm left only a narrow crack in the stone.
• Demon Cult followers mistook Fang Yang's show of power for a breakthrough and praised his strength.
• Fang Yang bathed, changed, arranged Azure Dragon and White Tiger statues for luck, and began drawing with his fifteen Matchmaking Points.
• Fang Yang's first draws were repeatedly stolen by a mouse, and he kept drawing despite his growing frustration.

Fang Yang exhausted his matchmaking points, drawing two Demon Venerable Peak Experience Cards and a Charm Card alongside several skill cards based on the Princess Consort’s unexpected hobbies. Just as he prepared to rest, his followers brought in a captured intruder for him to judge.

• Fang Yang used his pity draw and received an Advanced Rubber-Band Jumping skill card tied to the Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King.
• Fang Yang drew two Demon Venerable Peak Experience Cards and a Charm Card, which he stored for later use.
• Fang Yang spent his remaining matchmaking points on skill cards for the Princess Consort involving bathing and blowing bubbles, and sandbag tossing.
• A follower reported that they had captured a fool and asked Fang Yang to decide his fate.
• Fang Yang ordered the follower to bring the captive in.

Fang Yang learned that an Inner Disciple had sent an Outer Disciple to test whether his secluded cultivation had left him injured or in cultivation deviation. The paltry reward and the threat used to coerce the Outer Disciple enraged Fang Yang, who began to suspect a broader plot against him.

• An injured Outer Disciple was brought before Fang Yang and confessed that he had been sent to probe the Demon Venerable's condition.
• Fang Yang demanded the full story, and the Outer Disciple explained that an Inner Disciple had threatened him and instructed him how to test Fang Yang.
• Fang Yang learned that the Inner Disciple had offered the Outer Disciple a basic Demon Cult cultivation technique as his reward.
• Fang Yang grew furious at the insult, while the Outer Disciple felt relieved that he had chosen to side with the Demon Venerable.

Fang Yang used the Soul-Testing Stone to make an Outer Disciple believe he was gravely injured, then ordered him to spread that report. The swordsman decided to exploit the supposed weakness and attack Fang Yang alone.

• Fang Yang turned the Soul-Testing Stone black with astral wind and told the Outer Disciple to return it as proof that he was gravely injured.
• The Outer Disciple accepted Fang Yang’s promise of a reward and left to deliver the report.
• The swordsman examined the black stone and concluded that Fang Yang was badly injured, then considered killing him and taking his treasures and the Princess Consort.
• The Sword Canon’s fragrance persuaded the swordsman not to notify the other protectors, and he ordered his right-hand man to keep his plans secret.
• The swordsman set out to assassinate Fang Yang alone and promised his subordinate wealth and freedom afterward.

Zhang Sheng entered the Demon Venerable Pavilion to kill the weakened Fang Yang, believing the cult would turn against its tyrannical leader if summoned. Fang Yang recognized Zhang Sheng and faced a choice between a quiet fight and ringing the Bell of All Life as enemies closed in.

• Zhang Sheng trespassed into the Demon Venerable Pavilion, intent on taking revenge on the weakened Demon Venerable.
• Fang Yang pretended to recognize Zhang Sheng until he identified him as one of the Demon Cult's Eight Great Protectors.
• Zhang Sheng revealed that he planned to kill Fang Yang while he was weakened by cultivation deviation.
• Fang Yang warned that ringing the Bell of All Life would summon the Demon Cult, but Zhang Sheng argued that more people would come to kill him than protect him.
• Fang Yang sighed that he had only one choice left.

Fang Yang rang the Bell of All Life to summon the Blood Rain Cult, drawing enemies from across the sect to the Demon Venerable Pavilion. The Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King heard that he was in danger and reacted with panic, insisting he could not die so easily.

• Zhang Sheng advanced toward Fang Yang, believing he was about to kill him, but Fang Yang rang the Bell of All Life.
• Fang Yang took his seat on the throne and opened the pavilion doors, welcoming the cult members and enemies rushing toward him.
• The old man with the bone necklace hurried to the pavilion, while the married couple believed the bell meant their plans were succeeding.
• Ye Qinghong left Listening Sword Courtyard and flew toward the pavilion after hearing the bell.
• The Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King learned that people were going to kill Fang Yang, dropped her booklet, and murmured that he could not die so easily.

The Princess Consort insisted to Ling'er that she had only been trying to weaken the Demon Venerable so she could assassinate him, though she struggled with the pain and restlessness after his apparent death. She took the White Snow Lion Cat out of the courtyard, and Ling'er asked whether she truly wanted the Demon Venerable dead.

• Ling'er worried that the Princess Consort had fallen for the Demon Venerable and decided she would take his place if he came back to bully her.
• The Princess Consort denied wanting to save the Demon Venerable and claimed she had been weakening him as part of a plan to assassinate him.
• The White Snow Lion Cat read a booklet while the Princess Consort insisted she was not longing for a man and lay down to rest.
• The Princess Consort paced and complained about the stuffy room and the ringing bells, then carried the cat out of the courtyard.
• Ling'er asked the Princess Consort whether she really wanted the Demon Venerable to die.

At the Demon Venerable Pavilion, Zhang Sheng’s greed drove him to pursue Fang Yang despite the other Demon Cult members gathering outside. The chapter left Fang Yang and Zhang Sheng flying toward the top of the hall, with their confrontation about to begin.

• The Demon Cult’s members, including the skeletal old man and the married couple, gathered outside the pavilion after Zhang Sheng entered alone.
• The woman revealed that she had put a desire-amplifying fragrance on the Sword Canon, making Zhang Sheng’s greed grow stronger.
• Fang Yang faced Zhang Sheng in the hall, appearing injured but declaring that he had rung the Bell of All Life to lure out the traitors and kill them.
• Zhang Sheng considered withdrawing to join the other Protectors, but the fragrance reignited his desire to kill Fang Yang and claim the treasures.
• Zhang Sheng followed Fang Yang as he flew toward the top of the pavilion.

Fang Yang’s striking appearance atop the Demon Venerable Pavilion captivated the crowd, while the Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King arrived and renewed her vow to kill him. Huang Fuling and the Princess Consort exchanged concealed jealousy, and Ye Qinghong arrived, silencing everyone.

• Fang Yang stood atop the Bell of All Life after swallowing a Charm Pill, and his appearance left the crowd stunned and admiring.
• The Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King climbed toward the pavilion while blaming Fang Yang for her suffering and promising to kill him someday.
• Huang Fuling noticed the Princess Consort’s condition and grew jealous of Fang Yang’s attention to her.
• The Princess Consort and Huang Fuling sized each other up, privately judging one another while exchanging friendly smiles.
• Ye Qinghong descended from the sky with a sword on his back, and her arrival silenced the crowd.

Fang Yang lured the Demon Cult members into attacking by pretending his cultivation had fallen, then revealed his four-leaf dharmakaya and turned the assault into a massacre. He began hunting down the fleeing attackers, asserting that the Demon Cult’s power rested on him alone.

• Ye Qinghong chose a blue-green rock, then exchanged nods with Huang Fuling and the Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King, who found his gaze unsettling.
• Fang Yang addressed the Demon Cult members gathered by the Bell of All Life and pretended his cultivation had fallen to the third grade.
• Zhang Sheng presented a black Soul-Suppressing Stone as proof that Fang Yang was gravely wounded, prompting the crowd to attack him for his treasures and the Princess Consort.
• Fang Yang crushed his Demon Venerable Card and manifested a four-leaf dharmakaya, causing the attackers to panic and flee.
• Fang Yang declared that the Demon Cult was invincible because of his strength, then had his dharmakaya seize and crush one fleeing cult member.

Fang Yang slaughtered the Demon Cult disciples who challenged his authority, then tortured Zhang Sheng to death for plotting against the Princess Consort. As the survivors feared him, Huang Fuling became infatuated with Fang Yang, angering her undercover partner Yuan Heng.

• Fang Yang killed the Demon Cult disciples who had stepped forward, leaving the others too terrified to question him.
• Zhang Sheng knelt and begged for mercy, but Fang Yang lifted him by the neck and destroyed his spiritually aware black sword.
• Fang Yang sent a Demon Thread into Zhang Sheng, explaining that he was punishing him for targeting the Princess Consort and testing him with a cultivation manual.
• The White Bone Elder and the middle-aged guardian suspected Fang Yang had staged a test, while Huang Fuling murmured that she wanted to use Pleasure Powder on him.
• Yuan Heng confronted Huang Fuling about her attraction to Fang Yang, and she told him he was ugly.

Fang Yang crushed Zhang Sheng’s rebellion, killed his followers, and punished the protectors who had failed to defend him. After stripping Yuan Heng, Huang Fuling, and White Bone Elder of their cultivation, he left the Demon Cult subdued and fearful.

• Fang Yang detected Zhang Sheng’s marked subordinates and crushed them to death, then declared that no one could object to his judgment.
• Fang Yang seized Yuan Heng and reduced his cultivation from the great grandmaster realm to the grandmaster realm for failing to defend him.
• Fang Yang punished Huang Fuling the same way, while her flirtatious response enraged Yuan Heng and drew an insult from Princess Consort'er.
• Fang Yang stripped White Bone Elder of his three lotuses and threw him to the ground, thwarting his attempt to kill Fang Yang.

Fang Yang detected the White Bone Elder’s concealed killing intent and crushed him to death before the Demon Venerable Tower. He then used a card tied to Ye Qinghong and summoned the Azure Shadow Sword, leaving the sword struggling in his grasp.

• The White Bone Elder pretended to submit while secretly plotting to kill Fang Yang.
• Fang Yang sensed the White Bone Elder’s murderous intent, seized him with his Dharma Body, and crushed him despite his pleas.
• Fang Yang decided to deter others from testing him and shattered the Ye Qinghong card.
• Ye Qinghong sensed a fleeting loss from his body as Fang Yang summoned the Azure Shadow Sword from his back.
• The Azure Shadow Sword struggled against Fang Yang, but his surge of power stunned it.

Fang Yang captivated the crowd at the Demon Venerable Pavilion after crushing Ye Qinghong’s card, while the Princess Consort realized her assassination plan depended on an injury Fang Yang did not have. A yin-energy spirit emerged from a pearl inside the White Bone Elder’s corpse and lunged at Fang Yang.

• Fang Yang crushed Ye Qinghong’s card and summoned the complete God-Shocking Sword, radiating a charm that enthralled the crowd.
• Ye Qinghong suppressed the inner demon stirred by mortifying memories, while Huang Fuling and the White Snow Lion Cat were also affected by Fang Yang’s charm.
• The Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King asked Ling'er whether her strategy was working, and Ling'er pointed out that Fang Yang had never been injured.
• The Princess Consort realized her seduction and assassination schemes had been pointless because Fang Yang was unharmed, then saw the White Snow Lion Cat fall under his spell.
• A white pearl inside the White Bone Elder’s corpse cracked, releasing yin energy that formed an old man’s face.
• The yin-energy spirit fixed on Fang Yang, praised his pure energy, and lunged at him.

Fang Yang killed a hidden shadow with the God-Shocking Sword, then used the Profound Heaven Strategy’s phenomenon to convince the Demon Cult that he had reached a new realm. As the female followers became infatuated with him, Fang Yang coughed up blood and prepared another Demon Venerable Card to restore his strength.

• Fang Yang unleashed Flash of Astonishing Grace, cutting down the shadow that had lunged at him and destroying the waterfall behind the Demon Venerable Pavilion.
• A heaven-and-earth phenomenon appeared behind Fang Yang, and the Demon Cult followers believed he had achieved an unprecedented breakthrough.
• Huang Fuling confessed that she would endure the Demon Venerable’s torment to be with him, and Yuan Heng fainted from rage after she rejected him.
• Fang Yang recognized that the Profound Heaven Strategy’s phenomenon was fooling the followers and saw the women gazing at him with infatuation.
• Fang Yang coughed up blood from overusing the Demon Venerable Card and took out another card, ready to crush it if his condition worsened.

Fang Yang used his apparent injury to cow the Demon Cult members and reassert control, while the Princess Consort mistook his suggestive smile for a threat of another night together and fled. The chapter ended with her rejecting her maid’s plan to lure him into an ambush because the thought of the bed terrified her.

• The kneeling cultists pleaded for mercy, and Fang Yang realized that his cards had successfully frightened them into submission.
• The Princess Consort smiled at Fang Yang, but when he returned a meaningful look, she panicked and hurried away, believing he meant to summon her to bed.
• Fang Yang rang the Bell of All Life, declared the Demon Venerable Pavilion forbidden ground, and ordered everyone except Ye Qinghong to leave.
• Huang Fuling flew to the Hot Spring on the Back Mountain, while the Princess Consort returned to the Parasol Tree Courtyard and denied that she had fled out of fear.
• The young maid suggested that the Princess Consort lure Fang Yang to the courtyard and ambush him from beneath the bed, but the Princess Consort emphatically refused.

The Princess Consort resolved to keep trying to kill Fang Yang, believing she could not abandon the responsibility and reputation tied to her position. Ye Qinghong went to Fang Yang to retrieve the Azure Shadow Sword, but the sword resisted returning to him and showed its attachment to Fang Yang.

• Ling'er urged the Princess Consort to stop opposing Fang Yang, but the Princess Consort said she had to kill him and would resume her former life afterward.
• The Princess Consort promised to shoulder her responsibilities as the Southern Pacifying King’s consort, and Ling'er vowed to stay by her side.
• Ye Qinghong entered the Demon Venerable Pavilion and greeted Fang Yang.
• Fang Yang returned the Azure Shadow Sword to Ye Qinghong, but the sword struggled to break free and return to Fang Yang.
• Ye Qinghong suppressed the Azure Shadow Sword, which nuzzled his face before he sent it into its sheath, still reluctant to leave Fang Yang.

Fang Yang confronted Ye Qinghong for standing by while rebels tried to kill him, while Ye Qinghong struggled against his heart demon and his Azure Shadow Sword’s eager attachment to Fang Yang. The chapter ended with Fang Yang asking whether he should punish Ye Qinghong, who found himself less resistant to the thought than before.

• Fang Yang stopped Ye Qinghong from leaving and used the Profound Heaven Strategy to pressure him.
• Ye Qinghong nearly succumbed to his heart demon when Fang Yang stood close, but the Azure Shadow Sword’s cry brought him back to his senses.
• The Azure Shadow Sword flew to Fang Yang and begged for his attention before reluctantly returning to Ye Qinghong.
• Fang Yang accused Ye Qinghong of standing by while rebel traitors tried to kill him and asked whether he should punish him.
• Ye Qinghong remembered his previous humiliation in the hall and realized he no longer resisted the idea of being punished as strongly.

Ye Qinghong succumbed to his heart demon and asked Fang Yang to punish him, leaving Fang Yang stunned. Fang Yang gave him two slaps and the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique before Ye Qinghong fled to the Back Mountain Hot Spring.

• Ye Qinghong's visions transformed the Princess Consort's face into his own, and the demonic voices drove him to ask Fang Yang for punishment.
• Fang Yang struck Ye Qinghong twice and gave him a jade slip containing the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique.
• Ye Qinghong hurried toward the Back Mountain Hot Spring while Fang Yang reflected that he had avoided provoking his disciple into a fight.
• Ye Qinghong entered the hot spring without splashing, and his bamboo Hairpin fell loose.

After receiving the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique from Fang Yang, Ye Qinghong returned to his courtyard, troubled by the Demon Venerable’s unexpected change. At the hot spring, Huang Fuling followed the White Snow Lion Cat and discovered a woman bathing through the mist.

• Ye Qinghong recovered from his embarrassment in the hot spring and used his spiritual qi to dry and tie up his hair.
• Ye Qinghong studied the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique Fang Yang had given him and wondered why the Demon Venerable had changed.
• Ye Qinghong left the hot spring and returned to his Listening Sword Courtyard.
• Huang Fuling bathed while thinking about the Demon Venerable and pressed the jade slip she had obtained from the Spring Passion Hall.
• Huang Fuling recognized the White Snow Lion Cat from the Demon Venerable Tower, suspected the Princess Consort was nearby, and secretly swam behind a rock.
• Huang Fuling peered through the mist and saw a woman bathing.

Huang Fuling became jealous after finding what she believed was proof that the Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King was intimate with the Demon Venerable, and she dressed to seduce him. Yuan Heng learned she intended to meet the Demon Venerable and rushed to stop her.

• Huang Fuling found a strand of hair on the Princess Consort's intimate garments and concluded that she and the Demon Venerable were lovers.
• Huang Fuling decided to pursue the Demon Venerable and returned to her courtyard to prepare herself.
• Huang Fuling ignored Yuan Heng's offer of congee and shut herself in her room.
• Huang Fuling dressed herself seductively, and Yuan Heng mistook her appearance as a gesture toward him.
• Huang Fuling revealed that she wanted the Demon Venerable to like her and headed for the gate.
• Yuan Heng realized her intention and hurried to block her path.

Huang Fuling defied Yuan Heng and sneaked into the Blood Rain Demon Venerable’s sleeping palace, convinced she would win his favor by offering herself to him. Fang Yang returned to his bed without noticing her and froze when an unknown woman embraced him from behind.

• Huang Fuling told Yuan Heng she was going to offer herself to the Demon Venerable, then left him behind; Yuan Heng convinced himself she had only said it to make him jealous.
• Huang Fuling entered the Demon Venerable’s sleeping palace and admired its trophies as if they were romantic decorations prepared for her.
• Huang Fuling undressed, climbed into Fang Yang’s bed, and hid beneath his quilt while waiting for him.
• Fang Yang returned exhausted from cultivation and the day’s battles, then lay down without noticing Huang Fuling.
• Fang Yang sensed someone embracing him from behind, stiffened, and summoned a Demon Venerable Card.

Fang Yang mistook Huang Fuling for the Princess Consort and treated her tenderly, while Huang Fuling believed his affection was meant for her until he addressed her by the Princess Consort’s title. Realizing the mistake, she resolved to win Fang Yang over anyway and guided his hand onto her body.

• Fang Yang assumed the woman in his bed was the Princess Consort and kissed her before holding her tenderly.
• Huang Fuling delighted in Fang Yang’s embrace and convinced herself that his gentleness proved he had long cared for her.
• Fang Yang called Huang Fuling “Princess Consort,” revealing that he had mistaken her for the Southern Pacifying King’s wife.
• Huang Fuling was heartbroken when she understood the truth, but decided to use her Charm Art to make Fang Yang fall for her.
• Huang Fuling settled back into Fang Yang’s arms and guided his hand onto her body.

Fang Yang discovered that the woman in his bedchamber was Huang Fuling, a Blood Rain Cult protector, rather than the Southern Pacifying King's Princess Consort. Huang Fuling professed her love and accepted any punishment, and Fang Yang struck her in the chest.

• Fang Yang noticed the woman in his bed was unlike the Princess Consort and confronted her with his power and a Demon Venerable Card.
• Huang Fuling revealed herself as one of the Blood Rain Cult's Eight Great Protectors and knelt before Fang Yang.
• Huang Fuling claimed she had trespassed because she adored Fang Yang and wanted to serve him.
• Huang Fuling offered to disguise herself as the Princess Consort and insisted she would accept any punishment to be with Fang Yang.
• Huang Fuling guided Fang Yang's hand to her neck and urged him to tighten his grip, so Fang Yang struck her in the chest with his palm.